"All in all, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was the greatest all-round batsman the world has ever seen. Not a great original like Grace or Ranji; not a run machine like Bradman; not a creative genius like Lara; but a repository of all the knowledge and techniques known to batsmanship up to his time. You went to Ganguly for the cover drive, Dravid for the square cut or Laxman for the on-drive—or you sat back and watched Sachin play all these shots as well as the best."
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